| Blog Entry - Friday, February 28th, 2003 | Add / Read (0) |
You'll read this in our news coverage, I'm sure, but IBM had some serious layoffs this week. Of course, I say serious, but if you look at the exact numbers, it was more like 1/2 of 1 percent (in terms of the layoffs in software group) or something miniscule like that. It's serious to me because of some of the people who were affected -- some of them are my close friends and have been a part of my life in the Domino market almost since the beginning.
Part of me wants to ask what the heck Lotus is thinking. The other part of me understands that despite the cult of personality thing that Lotus has going, especially with many of its more public spokespeople, they are a business and have to do all the things that businesses do, which in today's market often translates to layoffs. Still, they say that the layoffs are due to restructuring their skills -- that they're trying to get the folks with the right skills in the right positions. Hrmph. Not sure if I buy that particular spin in this case.
Of course, those folks have 30 days to look for another job within IBM, if they are so inclined. Good luck to each of them! I hope they find something, based on my own selfish desire to have them around, but also because I think they're great folks (the ones I know personally, at least).
Author: Libby
Posted at: 03:06:01 PM
